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Much as I like Wil, and as much as I dislike the TSA, can we leave the anti-TSA rants for reddit? This doesn't feel particularly appropriate for HN.

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I've downvoted you, because it seems to me the correct action would be to flag the submission, rather than hijack the comment page for meta-discussion about appropriate content on HN.

I wasn't attempting to hijack anything, merely stating that it wasn't the kind of submission I expected to see on HN. I wasn't aware that flagging it was the [only] correct response.

I'm not so sure about that. Social problems like this are often deeply interesting because they don't have simple solutions.

That said, it's highly unlikely that a discussion about airport security is going to lead to anything other than idle griping about the situation. So maybe you're right and we should steer clear of the airport security line of discussion.

Flag it if you disapprove.

I'm sorry, are articles highlighting the erosion of your freedoms off putting? If you don't like it, go somewhere else. Fark has lovely discussions on it's page.

That would be exactly the kind of political flamewar stuff I don't expect on HN.

And exactly what I WOULD expect on Fark.

The point of the matter being that this does nothing but invite politics onto HN which we all (and by all, I mean PG and many, many others) agree does not belong here.

Yes, it has to do with the erosion of our privacy. Yes, it's big serious business. Just as I wouldn't expect election coverage to be posted here, I don't expect this sort of thing either.

I flagged it, hopefully it dies. I'm guessing it won't.

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